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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I have a PhD project to look at the impact of climate change on an endangered WA skink 🦎. Applicants interested in herpetology, thermal ecology and collaborating with First Nations are encouraged to apply. Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com

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Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🌍 Cat colonies reshape the abundance and body size of lizards doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

A lizard on Tenerife, Canary Islands, taking the sun ilustrates the cover of the July issue of Biology Letters journal. Photo: Beneharo Rodríguez

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I am happy to announce that, in addition to Asian and Australasian 🐍🐍 I will also be handling manuscripts on lacertids and agamids 🦎 from India, Sri Lanka, and the Indo-Burma region as an editor for Zootaxa.

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Xavier A. Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Our paper on turtle origins is finally out in Current Biology, with two major implications for our understanding of reptile evolution 🐢 #Paleontology #Turtles #Evolution www.cell.com/current-biol...

A pair of Eunotosaurus by Gabriel Ugueto: a sense of scale is provided by Glossopterus leaves in the fore-and-background and by a prosbolid hemipteran insect

Phylogeny of major reptile groups, showing turtles (Pantestudines) as early archosauromorphs and the putative stem-turtle Eunotosaurus as a millerettid stem reptile

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Ashkaan K. Fahimipour @akfbio.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Reptiles with longer Wikipedia pages tend to be bigger. The relationship is a power law with exponent = 0.85. I guess humans really like writing about big lizards? The longest article is the Komodo Dragon.

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Marion Segall @marionsegall.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Vous voulez faire une thèse sur l'évolution de la tête des squamates au Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle? C'est par ici: adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr... Interested in a PhD on the evolution of the head shape of squamates at the Museum of Natural History of Paris? Here you go: adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...

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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 19/03/2026

Taxonomist Appreciation Day post I am in freakin' AWE of people doing primary taxonomic work. To do it well, you need deep scholarship to track past naming (and misnaming) efforts. You may need to hunt down specimens only to discover they are damaged, misindentified, or lost. 1/3

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It's a new week, and here is another new lizard! 🦎These were based on specimens collected at various times over the past 100 years in #Myanmar. Took a while to put this manuscript together The specimens are housed at @calacademy.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social

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We described a new species of grasslizard from #Assam, #India. 🦎 NE India is the westernmost distributional limit of this genus, which extends all the way to Japan!

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David Roberts @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

At the moment it is unlikely to get a license from Nature England due to numerous risks that could jeopardise other extant native species. BBC News - Three frogs to be reintroduced to West Acre 'pingos' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Three frogs to be reintroduced to West Acre 'pingos'

The money will be spent on breeding thousands of frogs and managing their release in 2026.

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2025 has been a good year for the taxonomic work I have been involved with 13 new 🐸 4 new 🦎 1 new 🐍 Some of the species are covered in this article by @joshlukedavis.com

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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!

Book cover for Reproducible Code guide. The cover has a red background with a large yellow-bodied black-headed stag beetle.

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Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🚨PhD position available!🚨🧪 I am seeking a talented PhD student to join my ERC StG project GEMINI, to explore the exciting world of vertebrate genomics and comparative genomics, seeking to understand the genomics of miniaturisation! 🦇🦎🦜🐸🐟🦈 🤏🧬 Deadline: 4 Jan 2026! employment.ku.dk/phd?show=153...

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 16/12/2025

🎉It's here!🎉 This year's annual roundup of new species described by @nhm-london.bsky.social's curators, researchers and scientific associates! We've got butterflies! We've got wasps! We've even got the odd dinosaur as I know people like those. Check it out! 🐝🧪🦕

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Our scientists have been busy this year! From dinosaurs to diatoms, they have helped to describe an amazing 262 new species from all around the world! 🪸🐠🦎🦋🪱 Read more about this year’s new species list 👇🏻 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

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Glittering butterflies: Natural History Museum describes 262 new species in 2025 | Natural History Museum

Over the last 12 months our scientists have been busy cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth.

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Sam Price @evovert.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Our friend Simpson’s Plump Toad is a very elusive toad who lives in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador! They are similar to many other toads in genus Osornophryne but have longer fourth and fifth toes and a stubbier nose! (photo by Zane Libke)

A grey toad clinging to a broad leaf that is being pulled down by a person's hand! The toad is dry and warty and has loose-looking skin! They are very plump with skinny legs!

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I am absolutely delighted to see the post by National Geographic Society covering our recent publication on new bush #frogs 🐸 🐸 from northeast #India just in time for #frogfriday 😃

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSJXsuIDMPu/?igsh=MTJjY2J3ZTdoandiYw==

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/national-geographic-society_natgeoexplorers-activity-7404984609353932800-C7Xs

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Deepak Veerappan🐢🦎🐍🐸🔬🧬🌳⛰️ 🐕🏃‍♂️✌️ @deepakveerappan.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

New species 🚨, not one, not two, 13 new bush frogs from Northeast India!!! One of the exciting revisions I've been involved in for a few years now is out today. It is led by @bitupan-herp.bsky.social, a PhD. student who will soon be a doctor.

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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

📣 Ecologists and evolutionary biologists! Have you ever wanted to be a journal editor? BES journals are having an open call for editors. Details: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl... Happy to answer any Qs! Open to all nationalities. Applications from postdocs welcome :)

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Apply to be a BES Associate Editor - British Ecological Society

Help advance outstanding ecological research by joining our Editorial Boards! Applications are now open across all seven BES journals.

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Bitupan Boruah @bitupan-herp.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Our latest One 😍 From My PhD research 🐸

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In case you are interested in #skyislands, #frogs, #lizards, #snakes, #evolution, #mountains, and #westernghats, the talk I gave at explore2025 event organised by @rgsibg.bsky.social is available to watch. Thanks @rgsibg.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.rgs.org/events/talks...

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

A bit of rain and a big Fire salamander (Salamandra s. bernardezi) on the uni stairs is a good way to start the week.

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Dax Kellie @daxkellie.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Large-eyed animals like owls 🦉 have a trade-off between large eyes & short optic nerves, which lowers eye mobility (to compensate they evolved swivelly necks) But chameleons 🦎 have long, coiled optic nerves with extra slack for eye mobility, allowing them to use their famous large swivelly eyes 👀🧪🌏

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HeadLab (Jason Head) @headlab.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Super-proud of former MPhil student Emily Hillan for publishing her dissertation on the evolution of rib skeleton regionalisation in the evolution of snake-like body forms in squamates! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

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New species 🚨, we describe two new species of #agamid #lizards from Northeast #India! Both species have restricted distribution in northeast India. It took us a few years to verify their identity, they are morphologically cryptic but are deeply divergent mitochondrial lineages. #newspecies

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POPGROUP59 @popgroup2026.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Hi Folks ! Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025). Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more ! www.hautsdefrancetourism.com/destinations... --> populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

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Things to do in Lille | Hauts-de-France Tourism – Official Website

From the top of the town hall’s belfry, the whole of Lille is laid before you. Visit la Grand Place, the Vieille Bourse. Stroll along the sloping cobbled

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Simon Maddock @simonmaddock.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Awesome work by @deepakveerappan.bsky.social on this paper. Here we explore "Island-hopping anurans: diversification dynamics in a widespread frog family". The article is Open Access so go and check it out!

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Hot off the press. Our study on the #biogeography of Ceratobatrachid #frogs is now out in @ZoolJLinnSoc.bsky.social I had a chance to present this work at the World Congress of #herpetology last year. I tried to compile the highlights from this study. Read the open access paper for more details

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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org · 31/10/2025

We’re excited for the first full day of the #RGSExploreWeekend2025 at the Society tomorrow! Learn from leading professionals and meet like-minded people united by a passion for discovery and making a difference 👣 It's not too late to join us there 👉https://www.rgs.org/explore

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Now that I have hit 2k followers, here is a California whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis) 🐍 for your #bluesky feed. We saw it in #California this summer while hiking through the #pinnaclesnationalpark. No condors but can't complain 😉 #herping #snakes

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Join me at #RGSExploreWeekend2025 on 31 Oct – 2 Nov, where yours truly will be talking about "Sky Islands as Natural Laboratories: field notes from Western Ghats" 🐸🦎🐍⛰️. Tickets can be booked via the RGS website 👉 www.rgs.org/explore

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RGS Explore Weekend: Your next great journey starts here

Calling all future explorers! Join our flagship exploration community gathering for its 49th edition from 31 October to 2 November in London.

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Jean-François Cudennec @limpetnerd.eurosky.social · 24/09/2025

major traffic incident

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I finally had a chance to go through the photos from our trip to the US last month. Here are the snakes that we came across. They were all taken in situ; note there are some images of roadkill animals in this series.

#Kentucky, Red River Gorge
1 & 2 Eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) different individuals

Redbelly snake (Storeria occipitomaculata)

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Today we celebrate the incredible biodiversity of our planet – and the power of #OpenAccess to protect it. The Biodiversity Heritage Library makes over 62 million pages of biodiversity knowledge freely available to all. 🔗 biodiversitylibrary.org #EarthDay #EarthDay2025 #Biodiversity #BHLib

A screenshot of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) website homepage

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Here's where things #spawnwatch were at today. Rapidly maturing #tadpoles, packed in the shallows. This is good to see and would be a commoner sight if more people let gardens go wild and built more ponds. #frogs #ponds

Numerous Common frog tadpoles basking in very shallow water in a garden pond.

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It was a great day to go see adders in the North Pennines. We also saw slow worms, common 🦎, many raptors, rabbits, lapwings and the famous grouse! #spring #vipers #ukwildlife

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Jonathan Goldenberg @jgoldenbergevo.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

🧵 1/ New study on squamate color evolution hits the press: we show that brightness variation in lizards & snakes is strongly linked to habitat openness 🌞 This reveals how ecological pressures drive color evolution in one of the most diverse groups of tetrapods www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

New paper in @nature.com led by @patricepottier.bsky.social! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? See thread🧵 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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